According to the New York Times, the Hard Rock Park, which organizers call the world's first rock 'n' roll theme park, is scheduled to open in May in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The centerpiece will be "Led Zeppelin — the Ride", a 155-foot-tall steel roller coaster. Jimmy Page named the ride himself and picked ...

Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA have issued the following update: "We are working hard on the pre-production for the forthcoming tour right now. It looks like we can provide a show the first time ALL of us are absolutely proud of. But we do not only work hard to bring you a great show to your ...

OVERKILL has unleashed the second installment in its video blog, featuring professionally filmed footage from this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place in early August in Wacken, Germany. Watch the clip (featuring a performance of the new song "Walk through Fire") below. A brand new OVERKILL track, Devils in the Mist, is available ...

World Entertainment News Network reports: Ozzy Osbourne has reportedly agreed to a suicide pact with wife Sharon — because she doesn't want to go through the pain her father Don Arden did when he suffered from Alzheimer's. Sharon, 54, claims she and Ozzy, 58, made the mutual decision earlier this year after music mogul Arden ...

THE SCOURGER, the brute thrash metal force from Helsinki, Finland, has revealed the cover artwork for its second full-length studio album, entitled "Dark Invitation to Armageddon". Joe Petagno, the artist behind the MOTÖRHEAD logo and album art, has designed the cover for the CD. Mr. Petagno was very excited about creating artwork for ...

The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, was interviewed by Finland's Get In The Pit on September 14, 2007 at the Scooprock festival in Mikkeli, Finland. The seven-minute chat, which was conducted in Finnish, can now be viewed with English subtitles below. In other news, the ...

Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, currently in TO-MERA) and A&R'd by Sam Grant (writer, promoter, broadcaster, interviewer for Sonic Cathedral online), has announced the signing of the Madrid, Spain based, female-fronted gothic/progressive metal act EBONY ARK. The group's new album is ...

Video footage of DANKO JONES' performance that was specially filmed for Toronto's sixth annual "Thin Lizzy - A Celebration: The Music of Phil Lynott" (held on July 21, 2007 at Jeff Healey's Roadhouse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) can be viewed below. Danko Jones was at Studio 606 in Los Angeles with Grammy Award-winning producer Nick ...

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has been forced to reschedule the Budapest, Hungary and London, UK dates on her upcoming tour due to "new promotional activities in Germany." The Budapest show has been moved from November 29 to November 27, while the London concert has been postponed to December 20 from the previously announced November ...

German metalcore act DEADLOCK has uploaded professionally filmed video footage from its appearance at this year's Summer Breeze festival, which took place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Check out a performance clip of the song "Awakened by Sirens" below. DEADLOCK's video for the track "Code of Honor" can be viewed at YouTube.com. ...